diff --git a/packages/server/.dockerignore b/packages/server/.dockerignore
index 3e7ee31bbd..214a2b2220 100644
--- a/packages/server/.dockerignore
+++ b/packages/server/.dockerignore
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 !/dist/
 !/scripts/integrations/oracle/
 !/package.json
-!/docker_run.sh
\ No newline at end of file
+!/docker_run.sh
+!/builder/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/server/Dockerfile b/packages/server/Dockerfile
index f3ca43777b..75f3a41769 100644
--- a/packages/server/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/server/Dockerfile
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ RUN apt-get remove -y --purge --auto-remove g++ make python \
 
 COPY dist/ .
 COPY docker_run.sh .
+COPY builder/ builder/
 
 EXPOSE 4001
 
@@ -42,4 +43,6 @@ EXPOSE 4001
 # which are actually needed to get this environment up and running
 ENV NODE_ENV=production
 ENV CLUSTER_MODE=${CLUSTER_MODE}
+ENV TOP_LEVEL_PATH=/app
+
 CMD ["./docker_run.sh"]
diff --git a/packages/server/src/environment.ts b/packages/server/src/environment.ts
index 2265d7e75d..bed4c711f6 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/environment.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/environment.ts
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ const environment = {
   isInThread: () => {
     return process.env.FORKED_PROCESS
   },
+  TOP_LEVEL_PATH: process.env.TOP_LEVEL_PATH,
 }
 
 // threading can cause memory issues with node-ts in development
diff --git a/packages/server/src/utilities/fileSystem/filesystem.ts b/packages/server/src/utilities/fileSystem/filesystem.ts
index 6d3c6d48f6..1c6971b1e8 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/utilities/fileSystem/filesystem.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/utilities/fileSystem/filesystem.ts
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ import { budibaseTempDir } from "../budibaseDir"
 import { join } from "path"
 import env from "../../environment"
 import tar from "tar"
+import environment from "../../environment"
 const uuid = require("uuid/v4")
 
-export const TOP_LEVEL_PATH = join(__dirname, "..", "..", "..")
+export const TOP_LEVEL_PATH =
+  environment.TOP_LEVEL_PATH || join(__dirname, "..", "..", "..")
 
 /**
  * Upon first startup of instance there may not be everything we need in tmp directory, set it up.